Hello friends, we are
diving into lesson number two
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in our study on education.
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And this week we're going
to be taking on the family,
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the family and education.
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because we're going to
have an exciting study today
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on the family and education.
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Hello, and welcome again
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to another week of
3ABN Sabbath School panel.
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We're in week number two,
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we still got a ways to go
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but hey, we have an
exciting study on education.
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We're studying education
and its spiritual implications
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on the home, on the
family, on the church, etc.
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So we're glad that
you're joining us again.
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Each and every week, we
thank you for your love,
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prayers and
support of 3ABN ministry.
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Again, lesson
number two, the family,
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there's lots to be said.
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I'm going to
introduce this amazing panel
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that we have
such an awesome time
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with each and every week.
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To my left we have
my brother, my friend,
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Brother Jason Bradley,
Dare to Dream General Manager.
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It's a blessing
to have you, Brother.
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It's great to be here.
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I'm looking forward to
diving into the lesson.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Amen. And we have
Miss Jill Morikone.
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It's always a
blessing to have you.
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Thank you, Ryan,
privileged to be here
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and open up God's Word.
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Amen. Praise God.
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Brother Kenny Shelton,
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I know you have
something powerful
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to give us today.
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It's good to have you as well.
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Man, the Word of God is good
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and we're going
to taste and see.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And I said it
from the beginning,
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it's a little nostalgic feeling
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because we went
two whole quarters
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without you Miss Shelley.
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But it's a
blessing to have you back,
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your words of
wisdom and encouragement
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of the Word of God.
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It's a blessing
to have you always.
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Oh, I'm just excited
to be back with you all
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and with you at home as well.
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It's so much fun
to share God's Word.
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Absolutely. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm going to
read our memory text
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and then we're
going to have a prayer.
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But I just want to read
this because this is probably,
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this has become
one of my favorite ones
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since studying this lesson.
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Proverbs 1:8
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from the New King James Version.
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It's plain and simple.
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It says, "My son,
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hear the
instruction of your father,
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and do not forsake
the law of your mother."
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Watch out
because when mama speaks,
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mama speaks, amen?
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That's a good scripture
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and we're gonna fit
that into today's lesson.
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But before we go any further,
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let's ask the Lord
to lead and guide us,
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Miss Shelley, would
you have our prayer for us?
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Absolutely.
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Heavenly Father, we
are so grateful to You
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and thank You so much, Father,
for Your plan of salvation.
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We thank You that You
are a God of restoration
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and that You give us
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not only Your Holy
Spirit to empower us,
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but Your word to be
a light to our feet.
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We ask now for Your
anointing on our ears,
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on the ears of
all of the hearers.
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And, Lord, let Your
word do a work in us.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Thank you for that.
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Life itself is an
educational experience.
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It's the ultimate
educational experience.
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In fact, I love this quote
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from Sabbath
afternoon section of the study.
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This comes from
the Desire of Ages,
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page 69,
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and it's a little
lengthy but listen to it,
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it's got powerful
words of wisdom here.
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It says, "From
the earliest times,
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the faithful in
Israel had given much care
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to the education of the youth.
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The Lord had directed
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that even from babyhood
the children should be taught
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of His goodness
and His greatness,
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especially as
revealed in His law,
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and shown in the
history of Israel.
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Song and prayer and
lessons from the scriptures
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were to be adapted
to the opening mind.
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Fathers and mothers were
to instruct their children
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that the law of
God is an expression
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of His character,
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and that as they received
the principles of the law
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into the heart,
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the image of God
was traced upon soul,
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the mind and soul.
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Much of the teaching was oral,
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but the youth also learned
to read the Hebrew writings,
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and the parchment rolls
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of the Old Testament Scriptures
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were open to their study."
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And I love that
because, you know,
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shouldn't that be the
case today in our homes?
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Shouldn't that be
with every single family,
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we need to be
raising up as the Bible says,
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raising our children
in the way of the Lord,
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and they will not
depart from the faith.
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And so we're going to be
looking into Sunday's lesson
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at this moment.
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It's entitled,
"The First Family."
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There's some
lessons that we can learn
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from the first family.
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And it's kind of
ironic, because, truthfully,
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you know, there's
not much in Scripture
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on how Adam and Eve educated,
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you know, little
Cain, Abel and Seth, right?
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We don't really have
much, much information
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on how they
carried out that education.
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But you can only imagine it's,
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it just leaves
open the imagination to,
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you know, I can imagine that
Adam would have taught this,
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and Eve would have taught this
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and little Cain and Abel
and Seth would have been,
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you know, educated this way.
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So while the Bible may not have
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a lot to say in detail about it,
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we can find principles
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and wonderful
passages of Scripture
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throughout the Bible
that gives us some insight
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on what would have been taught
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in the home of
God's first family.
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And so I want to start
out with a quote, again,
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from Education page 33,
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to kind of set the
foundation for this segment.
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It says, "The
system of education
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established in Eden,
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centered in the family,"
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okay, I like that,
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it was a family
centered education,
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"Adam was the son of God,"
and according to Luke 3:38,
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"and it was from their father
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that the children of the highest
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received instruction.
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There's, in the truest
sense was a family school."
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I like that, a family school.
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Again, life is a
never-ending experience
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of education.
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But you know, we live in
a different day and age now,
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where education
comes kind of from
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outside of the home,
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seems like there's our
kids are being educated
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and raised more
from other people
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than it is in the family.
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But when we look back
at the biblical model,
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we can see that God had a
plan and His original plan,
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His original model
was that in the home,
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mommy and daddy was to
be raising the children
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in the way of the Lord.
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And so, even though
we don't exactly know
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exactly what they taught
and the things that they said,
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there are things
that we can for sure know.
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I can just imagine,
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you know, Adam
and Eve gathering,
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you know, little Cain and
Abel and Seth together and say,
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"Hey, guys, come
here, story time.
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Let us tell you about creation."
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You know, Genesis Chapter 1-2,
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creation is essential
to Christian education.
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Yes.
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We are grown, I actually
went and this is quick story,
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I actually got
my undergrad degree
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at a Christian University.
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And in that
Christian university,
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I was taught by
seminary professors
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that were again,
these were men of God,
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you know, these were
people who were ordained
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in this particular denomination,
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I'll say it wasn't
Seventh-day Adventist.
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But in this case,
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I was actually
taught in this university
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that they had
reached a conclusion
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within the scholarly
works and the scholarly world
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that you know what,
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Genesis 1-2 can't
be taken literally.
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And perhaps maybe creation
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isn't exactly
the way we perceived.
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There was a negative
connotation and educate
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almost like a
reverse of education
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that I had been raised on
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someone telling
me when I was older,
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that all that stuff
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you've been
taught about creation,
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wipe it clean, it's
not really the way it is.
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I can imagine Adam and
Eve probably set the record
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straight more than once, okay.
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We're talking about individuals
who live for hundreds of years,
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I can imagine
them gathering together
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and teaching them about how God,
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what He did on day one,
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what He did on day two,
what He created on day three,
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and how He separated
this, and there was light,
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and then there was darkness,
and then there was water,
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and then there was
the birds of the air
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and the fishes of the seas,
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and then you
get down to day six,
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and then God created us, right?
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And you could just imagine them,
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their eyes lit up like
ah, man, this is awesome
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that God
breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of life and
man became a living soul.
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And then on day seven,
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God rests
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and that's why we
keep Sabbath, right?
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Absolutely.
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I can imagine the story time of,
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you know, hey,
daddy, hey, daddy,
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tell us about
that serpent again.
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Tell us about what
happened before and after
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and we aren't there anymore
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and I could imagine
them giving in great detail
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the story of Genesis 3:1-15,
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you know the story very well.
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The serpent was more subtle
than any beast of the field
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which the Lord God had made
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and he deceived
the woman and you can,
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I can imagine
them telling that story
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and the boys learning of the,
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you know, the
education and learning of,
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you know, the ways,
the way of God before,
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what's God's perfect,
uninterrupted plan of salvation
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was before they fell,
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before they were
kicked out of the garden,
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then life afterwards.
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Only Adam and Eve
could tell that story.
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Wouldn't it be awesome to have
Adam and Eve as parents, right,
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to hear that amazing story?
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This is what life was
like, this is what God intended,
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but, man, we messed up.
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And now this is why we have to,
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you know, do this
and raise our own food
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and all these other stuff
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and all the
things that God gave us.
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There was a wonderful
educational experience
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within that home.
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There must have been.
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Another one, I could imagine.
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Let's go to 2
Corinthians Chapter 4.
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I can imagine this
principle was shared and taught
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within the home, 2
Corinthians Chapter 4.
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I'm going to begin with verse 6.
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It says, "For it is
the God who commanded light
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to shine out of darkness,
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who has shown it in our
hearts to give the light
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of the knowledge
of the glory of God
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in the face of Jesus Christ."
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Genesis 3:15, you know what?
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It seems like we have fallen,
it seems like there's no hope.
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But you know what?
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There's a man coming,
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the seed is
coming, Messiah is coming,
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little Abel,
little Cain, little Seth.
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Just know, after I'm
gone, and you're still here,
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whatever the case may be,
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you look forward to
that promising seed,
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they probably
didn't know at the time
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that His name was Jesus.
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But you could imagine
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that Jesus shared
that story with them,
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Adam and Eve, it was
etched into their mind,
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and they're
sharing that with their,
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there's a coming Messiah,
there's a coming Savior,
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an anointed seed
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that's going to
reverse every bit of this.
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He's going to put in
into all of this fallen world.
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I can imagine Luke10:27,
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the principle there
that should have been
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and would have been taught
in the home of Adam and Eve.
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Again, Luke 10:27, it
says, so he answered and said,
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"You shall love the
Lord God with all your heart,
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with all your soul,
and with all your strength,
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and with all your mind
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and you love your
neighbor as yourself."
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So right there very
clearly, the principles,
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the very two principles
on which the law hangs,
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love God with all your heart,
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mind and soul and
your neighbor as yourself.
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I can imagine Adam and Eve
instilling those principles
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within their
children's hearts and minds,
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you put God first in everything.
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And when you put God first
in everything, then guess what?
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You're going to also
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because you have the
love of God in your heart,
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you're going to have
love for your neighbor,
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no matter what, right?
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And that brings me to
again, my main, next point,
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that wasn't necessarily
highlighted in the lesson,
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but I just, I
just had to believe,
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I could imagine Adam and
Eve taught the law of God
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to their children.
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Now, a lot of people
would argue with that.
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I'm going to have people
probably watching right now
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that says, "Oh, no, no.
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Ten Commandments didn't
come until Mount Sinai."
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But there's plenty
of biblical evidence
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that there must have been a law
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in those days
that they abide by.
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For instance, let's
just take in consideration
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the Bible teaches
us in 1 John 3- 4,
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that sin is
transgression of the law.
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Adam and Eve, the Bible says,
sinned, sinned against what?
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Well, we also understand
that according to Romans 4:15,
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that where there is no law,
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there is no
transgression, right?
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And you go
through the Old Testament,
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up to Mount Sinai,
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there's so many
different instances,
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for instance, Ezekiel 28.
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You know,
Lucifer, he was perfect
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in all his ways until iniquity.
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There was a law in heaven.
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When God created
heavens and earth,
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the men of Sodom,
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according to
Genesis 13:13, they sinned.
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And according to Peter 2,
they've done unlawful deeds.
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What unlawful deeds?
There wasn't a law, right?
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There was a law, Abraham,
the Bible says in Genesis 26:5,
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Abraham kept all
of God's commandments.
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So again, and
even all the way down.
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I'm really
skipping forward here.
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But as Exodus 16:28,
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God says to the
children of Israel
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before He'd even
given the Ten Commandments.
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He taught them keep My Sabbath.
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And when they didn't, He
said, "You're violating My laws.
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Why are you violating My laws?"
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The point of the matter is,
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is I can imagine in
the home of Adam and Eve,
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they're saying, hey, look,
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you know, this sin problem
that we got caught up in,
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it's because we
violated God's law.
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And I believe
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with all my heart, mind and soul
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that they taught to
little Cain, Abel, and Seth,
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and all, you
know, their daughters,
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because we know
that they had daughters,
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they talked to their
children, the law of God.
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And they
instilled that within them,
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because again, the law of God
is the character of the Lord.
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Again, it doesn't save us,
we're not saved by the law,
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but we are
saved by Jesus Christ.
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And when we're saved by
Jesus, His love and His grace,
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my friends, we should
have a desire to be obedient
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to His law.
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Really quick, Galatians 3:11,
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"But that no one is
justified by the law."
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That was kind of the
point I'm making here.
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I'm sure that at the same
time while they're teaching
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and etching the law
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into the minds and
hearts of their children,
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they're also
saying, Hey, don't become,
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don't become
legalistic little Cain,
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don't become legalistic
little Seth and little Abel.
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Okay, we need to understand
that while we are not saying,
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while we should be
obedient to God's laws,
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we are not saved by them.
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And so, I'm sure
that these principles
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were etched into the
mind just as in our homes,
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it should be a
family based education.
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Train up a child in
the way they should go now
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and they will
not depart from it.
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I have a whole lot more to say,
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but I'm going to
toss it to you now.
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I love it.
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I love the way that you
tell stories and all of that,
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and thinking of stories,
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I have Monday's lesson
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and Monday's lesson is entitled,
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"The Childhood of Jesus."
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The lesson begins by
pointing out the fact
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that scripture gives
us very little detail
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about the childhood of Jesus.
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However, we have
been given some insight
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into the character
of His earthly parents
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and I want us to take
a look at a few passages.
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As we examine the
childhood of Jesus,
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the first passage
I want us to turn to
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is Matthew 1:18-24.
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Again, that's Matthew 1:18-24.
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Beginning in verse 18,
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"Now the birth of
Jesus Christ was as follows:
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After His mother Mary
was betrothed to Joseph,
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before they came together,
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she was found with
child of the Holy Spirit.
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Then Joseph, her husband,"
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and I want you to pay
attention to this now,
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"Then Joseph her
husband, being a just man,
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and not wanting to
make her a public example,
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was minded to put
her away secretly.
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But while he
thought about these things,
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" I would imagine
his mind was racing,
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"behold, an angel of the
Lord appeared to him in a dream,
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saying, 'Joseph, son of David,
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do not be afraid to
take to you Mary your wife,
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for that which
is conceived in her
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is of the Holy Spirit."
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I love how the
angel of the Lord came
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and comforted
him in that moment.
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And she will bring forth a Son,
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and you shall
call His name Jesus,
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for He will save His
people from their sins.
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So all this was done
that it might be fulfilled
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which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying:
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'Behold, the virgin
shall be with child,
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and bear a Son,
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and they shall
call His name Immanuel,"
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which is translated,
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"God with us.
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Then Joseph, being
aroused from sleep,
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did as the angel of
the Lord commanded him
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and took to him his wife.' "
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Now, I can only
imagine the thoughts
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that must have been
running through Joseph's head
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in that very moment,
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but he handled the
situation with such grace.
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Yes.
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Oh, man, I
really, I want you guys
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to think about it for a moment.
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And I want to take a second
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to speak to my
fellows out there.
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So, guys, I want
you to listen up to this
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and women you listen too,
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because I want you to imagine
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being on the other side of this.
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But imagine you
just got married,
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you haven't been with your wife.
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And she comes to you and
says, "Babe, I'm pregnant."
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Now, what are you going to
be thinking at that very moment,
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you're going to
have a lot of things
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running through your mind.
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Now, this wasn't any
type of ordinary situation.
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But the reality is,
that was Joseph's situation.
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He could have shamed
her in public, in public,
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but he chose to
put her away secretly.
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And that was huge.
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Turn with me to
Deuteronomy 22:23-24.
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Twenty three, all right.
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So, "If a young
woman who is a virgin
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is betrothed to a husband,
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and a man finds her in
the city and lies with her,
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then you shall bring them both
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out to the gate of that city,
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and you shall stone
them to death with stones,
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the young woman
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because she did not
cry out in the city,
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and the man
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because he humbled
his neighbor's wife,
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so you shall put away
the evil from among you."
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Now, Joseph's
response to this situation
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said a lot about his character
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and Mary's
excitement and willingness
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to be faithful to God
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said a lot about
her character as well.
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Now we know
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that Mary didn't
do anything wrong
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in this situation at all.
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But if Joseph would have
jumped to that conclusion
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and shamed her publicly,
00:18:09.72\00:18:11.05
it could have been a
different outcome for Mary.
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Jesus couldn't have
had better earthly parents.
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And Luke 1:26-38,
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Mary is receiving the news
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that she is
going to have a child,
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but not just any child,
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she is blessed
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with the privilege of
being Jesus' earthly mom,
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and what an honor
that must have been.
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I think it's safe to say
00:18:32.77\00:18:34.11
that she was
thankful for the honor
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because in Luke 1:46-55,
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Mary is singing
praises to the Lord.
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Now, I encourage
you to go to your Bibles
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and check this story
out when you get a chance.
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We're not going to
go there right now.
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But when I think
about the birth of Christ,
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I'm amazed at all the
obstacles that He faced.
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I mean, He was swaddled in
cloth and laid in a manger.
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So He wasn't born
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into the world's
greatest hospital,
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He wasn't placed in
the world's greatest hotel,
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He was in a
manger, this is our Savior.
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He was
misidentified by the wise men
00:19:06.74\00:19:08.88
as the King of the Jews.
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So they didn't
understand His purpose.
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They didn't
understand why He was here.
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And then, if
that weren't enough,
00:19:15.15\00:19:18.45
there was an
assassination attempt
00:19:18.49\00:19:19.82
on his life.
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King Herod ordered the killing
00:19:21.22\00:19:22.66
of all male
children in Bethlehem
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and in all its
districts, ages two and under.
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All of this transpired
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at the very
beginning of Jesus' childhood.
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Let's journey deeper
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into the
childhood of our Savior.
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Let's look at Luke 2:41-52.
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Again, that's Luke 2:41-52.
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"His parents went
to Jerusalem every year
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at the Feast of the Passover.
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And when He was
twelve years old,
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they went up to Jerusalem
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according to the
custom of the feast.
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When they had finished the days,
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as they returned,
00:19:55.46\00:19:56.79
the Boy Jesus
lingered behind in Jerusalem.
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And Joseph and His
mother did not know it,
00:19:59.69\00:20:01.90
but supposing Him to
have been in the company,
00:20:01.93\00:20:04.73
they went a day's journey,
and sought Him among their
00:20:04.77\00:20:08.27
relatives and acquaintances.
00:20:08.30\00:20:10.34
So when they did not find
Him, they returned to Jerusalem,
00:20:10.37\00:20:13.48
seeking Him."
00:20:13.51\00:20:14.84
Now, I want to pause
for a moment right there.
00:20:14.88\00:20:16.48
And I want you to really
think about this as a parent,
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okay, I don't have any kids.
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But I can imagine, as a parent,
00:20:22.45\00:20:25.35
you have to be super concerned
about your little kids,
00:20:25.39\00:20:30.23
you have to be
concerned about them.
00:20:30.26\00:20:32.49
And here you
have Mary and Joseph
00:20:32.53\00:20:35.00
thinking that that
baby, well, not baby Jesus,
00:20:35.03\00:20:37.80
but that Jesus at 12 years
old that He is, He's with them.
00:20:37.83\00:20:43.81
But they went a
whole day's journey.
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And so you can't
just catch a cab.
00:20:46.78\00:20:49.01
You can't go on the app,
that we won't name the company,
00:20:49.04\00:20:52.75
but you can't go on the app,
00:20:52.78\00:20:54.58
and you can't go
back to Jerusalem.
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You can't get there fast.
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Okay, so they want
this whole day's journey.
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They're worried and everything.
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.12
And it's going to be,
00:21:02.16\00:21:03.66
they were kind of
setback a little bit here.
00:21:03.69\00:21:06.19
All right.
00:21:06.23\00:21:07.56
"So when they did not find
Him, they returned to Jerusalem,
00:21:07.60\00:21:10.13
seeking Him.
00:21:10.17\00:21:11.50
Now so it was
00:21:11.53\00:21:12.87
that after three days
00:21:12.90\00:21:16.81
they found Him in the temple,
00:21:16.84\00:21:18.17
sitting in the
midst of the teachers,
00:21:18.21\00:21:19.64
both listening to them
and asking them questions.
00:21:19.67\00:21:23.95
And all who heard
Him were astonished
00:21:23.98\00:21:27.12
at His
understanding and answers.
00:21:27.15\00:21:30.42
So when they saw
Him, they were amazed,
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.75
and His mother said to Him,
00:21:32.79\00:21:34.12
'Son, why have
You done this to us?
00:21:34.16\00:21:36.19
Look, Your father and I
have sought You anxiously.'
00:21:36.22\00:21:41.33
And He said to
them, now get this.
00:21:41.36\00:21:43.43
He said to them,
'Why did you seek Me?
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Did you not know
00:21:46.57\00:21:47.90
that I must be about
My Father's business?' "
00:21:47.94\00:21:51.14
That was deep.
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But they did not
understand the statement
00:21:52.74\00:21:54.88
which He spoke to them.
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"Then He went down with
them and came to Nazareth,
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and was subject to them,
00:22:01.32\00:22:02.65
but His mother kept all
these things in her heart.
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And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature,
00:22:05.62\00:22:09.06
and in favor with God and men."
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Now, I love what the
lesson points out here.
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And look at the quote
from Desire of Ages, page 70.
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"The Child Jesus did
not receive instruction
00:22:19.37\00:22:23.57
in the synagogue schools.
00:22:23.61\00:22:25.84
His mother was his
first human teacher.
00:22:25.87\00:22:29.44
From her lips
00:22:29.48\00:22:30.81
and from the
scrolls of the prophets,
00:22:30.85\00:22:32.35
He learned of heavenly things,
00:22:32.38\00:22:34.58
the very words which He himself
00:22:34.62\00:22:37.25
had spoken to Moses for Israel,
00:22:37.29\00:22:40.02
He was now taught
at His mother's knee.
00:22:40.06\00:22:43.59
As He advanced
from childhood to youth,
00:22:43.63\00:22:45.93
he did not seek the
schools of the rabbi's.
00:22:45.96\00:22:48.40
He needed not the education
00:22:48.43\00:22:50.27
to be obtained
from such sources,
00:22:50.30\00:22:52.90
for God was His instructor."
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.67
God was His instructor.
00:22:55.70\00:22:58.07
That's so deep to
me that the very words
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.71
that Christ had
spoken to Moses for Israel,
00:23:00.74\00:23:04.38
He was now being
taught at his mother's knees."
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.85
Amen.
00:23:06.88\00:23:08.22
Man, there are
some important lessons
00:23:08.25\00:23:10.55
that we can learn
from Jesus' childhood.
00:23:10.59\00:23:13.12
And we'll go
through a couple of them.
00:23:13.15\00:23:16.66
One, we should always be about
our Heavenly Father's business.
00:23:16.69\00:23:20.46
And so we need to
take a deeper look
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.66
at what it is that
we're doing on a daily basis.
00:23:22.70\00:23:25.87
Is this helping to
advance the kingdom of God?
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.80
Am I leading people to Christ?
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.04
Or am I leading
people away from Christ.
00:23:31.07\00:23:32.81
We have to
focus on those things.
00:23:32.84\00:23:34.78
Number two, when
Jesus was at the temple,
00:23:34.81\00:23:37.91
He listened and
He asked questions.
00:23:37.95\00:23:41.08
He listened and
He asked questions.
00:23:41.12\00:23:43.92
We should apply
that same methodology
00:23:43.95\00:23:46.45
when we are
witnessing to others.
00:23:46.49\00:23:47.89
You know, so often,
we tend to want to speak,
00:23:47.92\00:23:50.59
we tend to just want to preach,
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.36
we tend to just
want to tell people
00:23:52.39\00:23:55.10
what they should be
doing instead of listening,
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.43
asking questions,
00:23:57.47\00:23:58.90
and then being an
effective witness.
00:23:58.93\00:24:02.57
We need to continue
to grow like Jesus did.
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Luke 2:40, says,
00:24:05.11\00:24:06.74
"And the child
grew and became strong
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.64
and spirit filled with wisdom,
00:24:08.68\00:24:10.48
and the grace of
God was upon Him."
00:24:10.51\00:24:13.58
I love this lesson. I love it.
00:24:13.62\00:24:16.85
Jesus taught us
stuff even in His birth
00:24:16.89\00:24:21.09
and throughout His childhood,
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.46
and He honored
His father in heaven.
00:24:22.49\00:24:25.33
Praise the Lord.
00:24:25.36\00:24:26.70
Who would've known we can
learn so much from little Jesus.
00:24:26.73\00:24:30.33
All right. Praise the Lord.
00:24:30.37\00:24:31.70
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00:24:31.73\00:24:33.07
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We're going to skip it
over to Miss Jill Morikone
00:25:11.07\00:25:13.81
for Tuesday's lesson.
00:25:13.84\00:25:15.18
Thank you so
much, Ryan and Jason,
00:25:15.21\00:25:17.18
what an incredible foundation,
the family, I love that.
00:25:17.21\00:25:20.85
I have Tuesday's
lesson, "Communication."
00:25:20.88\00:25:24.12
And, boy, if you need
communication anywhere,
00:25:24.15\00:25:26.76
you need it in the
home and in the family.
00:25:26.79\00:25:30.99
Education is what?
00:25:31.03\00:25:32.36
All about acquiring knowledge,
learning facts, figures,
00:25:32.39\00:25:35.70
information, wisdom,
learning how to think.
00:25:35.73\00:25:39.53
But really, it all
boils down to communication.
00:25:39.57\00:25:43.24
At any level education
is all about communication.
00:25:43.27\00:25:48.08
The teacher needs to communicate
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.44
with the student and
the student needs to learn
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.61
and receive from the teacher.
00:25:52.65\00:25:56.08
Good relationship must be built.
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.92
In order to have
that good communication,
00:25:57.95\00:26:00.29
you need a good relationship
and good communication
00:26:00.32\00:26:03.53
leads to a good relationship.
00:26:03.56\00:26:06.43
I certainly know that
in my marriage with Greg,
00:26:06.46\00:26:08.86
if you want a good relationship,
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.43
you need good communication.
00:26:10.47\00:26:12.70
As husband and wife
or parent and child,
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.40
you need that good communication
00:26:15.44\00:26:16.84
within the home.
00:26:16.87\00:26:18.21
So we're looking
at the do's and don'ts
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.68
of biblical communication.
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.98
We're going to have five do's,
00:26:23.01\00:26:24.65
you know, I got to
get the list in there
00:26:24.68\00:26:26.51
and three don'ts.
00:26:26.55\00:26:28.48
So five do's and three don'ts
for biblical communication.
00:26:28.52\00:26:33.15
Before we go to the do's,
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.52
let's just read
an opening scripture.
00:26:34.56\00:26:36.12
This is Proverbs 18:21.
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.53
Proverbs 18:21,
00:26:39.56\00:26:42.40
"Death and life are in
the power of the tongue.
00:26:42.43\00:26:47.00
And those who love
it will eat its fruit."
00:26:47.04\00:26:51.34
This means by the
words that we speak,
00:26:51.37\00:26:54.01
we can build people
up, or cut them down.
00:26:54.04\00:26:57.51
We can bring life to
someone or to a relationship,
00:26:57.55\00:27:02.55
or we bring death.
00:27:02.58\00:27:04.72
So let's look at
how we can bring life,
00:27:04.75\00:27:07.16
the do's of
biblical communication.
00:27:07.19\00:27:10.23
I'm going to
give you all five do's
00:27:10.26\00:27:11.69
and we'll go
back and unpack them.
00:27:11.73\00:27:13.60
Do listen, do
think, do practice honesty,
00:27:13.63\00:27:20.54
do react in love, and do act.
00:27:20.57\00:27:24.61
So let's go to
number one, do listen.
00:27:24.64\00:27:26.57
Now, Jason
already talked about this.
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Listen, learn to
listen before you respond.
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Let's look at James.
00:27:31.21\00:27:32.91
James Chapter 1.
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.28
Now, I don't know
if you're like me,
00:27:34.32\00:27:35.65
but sometimes I
make this mistake.
00:27:35.68\00:27:37.85
I'm in a conversation
with someone they're talking
00:27:37.89\00:27:41.79
and I might not be listening.
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.56
Maybe you're thinking
about what you're going to say
00:27:43.59\00:27:46.43
or how you, what story,
they're sharing a story.
00:27:46.46\00:27:48.63
Oh, I got a story like that.
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.00
And I'm going to share a story,
00:27:50.03\00:27:51.37
instead of
taking time to sit back
00:27:51.40\00:27:54.20
and actually listen to
what the person is saying.
00:27:54.24\00:27:58.37
James 1:19- 20,
00:27:58.41\00:28:01.11
"So then, my beloved
brethren, let every man be,"
00:28:01.14\00:28:03.91
what's that word?
00:28:03.95\00:28:05.28
"Swift to hear, slow
to speak, slow to wrath.
00:28:05.31\00:28:09.88
For the wrath of
man does not produce
00:28:09.92\00:28:12.25
the righteousness of God."
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.56
We often talk
instead of listening.
00:28:14.59\00:28:17.13
Our mind wanders
instead of listening.
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.10
Maybe you even
do another project
00:28:20.13\00:28:22.40
while you're trying to
listen at the same time.
00:28:22.43\00:28:24.83
I don't know if
you've been guilty of that.
00:28:24.87\00:28:26.94
But sometimes we try
to fix instead of listen.
00:28:26.97\00:28:31.11
Now, that we always say
it's true of the male gender,
00:28:31.14\00:28:34.48
but I think
women can do that too.
00:28:34.51\00:28:36.58
And women can
clearly jump in and say,
00:28:36.61\00:28:38.41
"Well, I'm going to
try to fix this as well."
00:28:38.45\00:28:40.65
So the first
principle is listen,
00:28:40.68\00:28:42.88
second principle, do think.
00:28:42.92\00:28:46.69
Learn to think before you speak,
00:28:46.72\00:28:49.06
the same scripture.
00:28:49.09\00:28:50.53
I get this principle
from the same scripture
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.29
we just read in James 1.
00:28:52.33\00:28:54.60
Let every man be
swift to hear slow to speak,
00:28:54.63\00:28:57.93
that means think
before you answer.
00:28:57.97\00:29:01.97
You don't always have
to say the first thing
00:29:02.00\00:29:03.51
that comes to your mind.
00:29:03.54\00:29:04.87
Filter your words
through the Spirit of God.
00:29:04.91\00:29:08.81
Principle number
three, or do number three,
00:29:08.84\00:29:11.65
do practice honesty.
00:29:11.68\00:29:13.85
Tell the truth,
even if it is difficult.
00:29:13.88\00:29:18.49
Proverbs 12:22,
00:29:18.52\00:29:20.59
"Lying lips are an
abomination to the Lord,
00:29:20.62\00:29:23.99
but those who deal truly or
truthfully are His delight."
00:29:24.03\00:29:28.70
Our God delights in honesty.
00:29:28.73\00:29:32.43
Proverbs 27,
00:29:32.47\00:29:33.80
if you jump over
just a couple of chapters,
00:29:33.84\00:29:35.30
Proverbs 27:17,
"As iron sharpens iron,
00:29:35.34\00:29:40.31
so a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend."
00:29:40.34\00:29:44.55
You know, if you have a
relationship with someone,
00:29:44.58\00:29:47.25
I think it makes it much easier
to practice this principle.
00:29:47.28\00:29:50.99
And to be honest with them,
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.09
I know there's
people in my own life
00:29:53.12\00:29:55.56
that I've given permission
00:29:55.59\00:29:56.99
as it were to
speak into my life.
00:29:57.03\00:29:59.39
Now anyone can choose
to speak into your life
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.53
and you accept
that or take it to God,
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.60
God, what do you
want me to do with this?
00:30:04.63\00:30:06.00
How can I, you know,
00:30:06.03\00:30:07.37
learn from this
and grow from this?
00:30:07.40\00:30:09.64
But especially
the people, you know,
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.31
the people who are close to you,
00:30:11.34\00:30:13.04
the people that love you,
00:30:13.07\00:30:15.14
you say, I want
you, I've gone to people,
00:30:15.18\00:30:17.68
I want you,
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
I need you to
speak into my life.
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.85
Practice honesty.
00:30:22.88\00:30:24.22
Ask them to be as the
iron that sharpens iron
00:30:24.25\00:30:27.09
with your own life.
00:30:27.12\00:30:29.66
Honesty does not
mean that you sweep things
00:30:29.69\00:30:31.53
under the carpet.
00:30:31.56\00:30:32.89
It doesn't mean that you ignore
difficulties in relationship.
00:30:32.93\00:30:35.50
It doesn't mean
00:30:35.53\00:30:36.87
that you
pretend things are fine.
00:30:36.90\00:30:38.33
It doesn't mean you
try to be a good Christian
00:30:38.37\00:30:40.14
and just wear the mask
that everything's fine.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.70
On the flip side,
00:30:42.74\00:30:44.07
honesty does not mean
that you tell people off,
00:30:44.11\00:30:46.31
or that you say what
you want, when you want,
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.81
how you want to say it.
00:30:48.84\00:30:50.28
It doesn't mean that
you hold to the truth
00:30:50.31\00:30:51.88
and say only the truth
00:30:51.91\00:30:53.82
regardless of
how it comes across.
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.85
This leads us to
principle number four,
00:30:55.88\00:30:58.02
do react in love.
00:30:58.05\00:30:59.39
Say the truth. Yes,
but always with love.
00:30:59.42\00:31:02.89
Ephesians 4:15, Paul says,
"Speaking the truth in love,
00:31:02.92\00:31:07.33
that's a God based
self-sacrificing love."
00:31:07.36\00:31:10.53
We may grow up in all
things into him who is the head,
00:31:10.57\00:31:13.13
even Christ,
what you say matters,
00:31:13.17\00:31:15.40
but how you say
it matters even more.
00:31:15.44\00:31:19.67
This is where
relationships matter.
00:31:19.71\00:31:22.48
People don't care
what you have to say
00:31:22.51\00:31:24.01
until they know
how much you care.
00:31:24.05\00:31:27.12
Principle number five, do act.
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.28
Follow your words with actions.
00:31:29.32\00:31:31.72
Don't just say it,
00:31:31.75\00:31:33.36
but follow up
with those actions.
00:31:33.39\00:31:35.36
1 John 3:18,
00:31:35.39\00:31:37.16
"My little
children let us not love
00:31:37.19\00:31:38.99
and word in tongue
but in deed and in truth."
00:31:39.03\00:31:42.70
Don't just say, oh,
yeah, I'll help you.
00:31:42.73\00:31:44.50
Oh, yeah, I'll be there.
00:31:44.53\00:31:45.87
Oh, yeah, but follow
that up with actions.
00:31:45.90\00:31:48.60
Let's look at the three don'ts.
00:31:48.64\00:31:50.51
If we do not practice
these, our relationships,
00:31:50.54\00:31:54.41
our communication
would greatly improve.
00:31:54.44\00:31:57.98
Don't judge or criticize others.
00:31:58.01\00:32:02.45
James 4:11,
00:32:02.48\00:32:05.85
"Do not speak evil
of one another brethren.
00:32:05.89\00:32:09.02
He who speaks evil of a
brother and judges his brother
00:32:09.06\00:32:12.29
speaks evil of the
law and judges the law.
00:32:12.33\00:32:15.33
But if you judge the law,
you are not a doer of the law,
00:32:15.36\00:32:17.17
but a judge."
00:32:17.20\00:32:18.53
Now that word speaks evil
00:32:18.57\00:32:19.90
occurred three
times in that verse.
00:32:19.93\00:32:22.47
It's all the same Greek word.
00:32:22.50\00:32:24.17
It only happens five times
in the entire New Testament,
00:32:24.21\00:32:27.71
three times in this one verse.
00:32:27.74\00:32:29.81
And it
literally means to detract
00:32:29.84\00:32:31.85
from someone's reputation
00:32:31.88\00:32:34.22
by malice or a speech
00:32:34.25\00:32:35.98
that's directed
against your neighbor.
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.52
It is what we would call
gossiping about someone else
00:32:38.55\00:32:41.96
or criticizing someone
else, railing against them.
00:32:41.99\00:32:46.03
Choose not to gossip,
00:32:46.06\00:32:47.93
or criticize or
judge other people.
00:32:47.96\00:32:51.83
In Titus, Paul
tells us the same thing.
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.97
Titus 3:1-2,
00:32:54.00\00:32:56.94
"Remind them to be subject
to rulers and authorities,
00:32:56.97\00:32:59.81
to obey, to be
ready for every good work,
00:32:59.84\00:33:02.54
to speak evil of no one."
00:33:02.58\00:33:05.71
That's that not to
slander other people,
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.92
to be peaceable, gentle,
00:33:08.95\00:33:10.32
showing all humility to all men.
00:33:10.35\00:33:13.15
Don't number two,
don't speak hurtful words.
00:33:13.19\00:33:19.59
Do not speak hurtful words.
00:33:19.63\00:33:22.06
Proverbs 12:18.
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.43
"There is one who speaks
like the piercings of a sword
00:33:24.47\00:33:28.10
meaning what they say,
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.31
the words that they
use wound other people,
00:33:30.34\00:33:34.64
but the tongue of the
wise promotes health."
00:33:34.68\00:33:37.61
Or if we are wise,
the words we use, Jay,
00:33:37.65\00:33:40.02
will be healing to other people,
00:33:40.05\00:33:43.18
will build up and edify the body
00:33:43.22\00:33:45.62
instead of tear down.
00:33:45.65\00:33:47.29
Don't number three,
00:33:47.32\00:33:48.86
don't respond
with your feelings.
00:33:48.89\00:33:53.86
I just want to
speak to my sisters
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.56
since you spoke to the fellows.
00:33:55.60\00:33:56.93
My sisters, this is
so common as a woman
00:33:56.97\00:34:01.10
to just want to react
by how you feel inside,
00:34:01.14\00:34:04.94
but don't respond
with your feelings.
00:34:04.97\00:34:08.34
Ephesians 4:29,
"Let no corrupt word, "
00:34:08.38\00:34:13.58
that word in Greek is
rotten, useless, corrupt.
00:34:13.62\00:34:17.95
"Let no corrupt word
proceed out of your mouth.
00:34:17.99\00:34:20.86
But what is good for
necessary edification
00:34:20.89\00:34:23.49
that it may impart
grace to the hearers."
00:34:23.53\00:34:26.46
Jump down to verse 31,
00:34:26.49\00:34:28.26
"Let all bitterness, wrath,
anger, clamor, evil speaking,
00:34:28.30\00:34:33.10
be put away from
you with all malice."
00:34:33.13\00:34:34.74
Now you notice there
was two words for anger.
00:34:34.77\00:34:36.84
There was wrath and anger.
00:34:36.87\00:34:39.14
Now that's in
the New King James.
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.01
Wrath means passion driven anger
00:34:41.04\00:34:43.68
that would be a
sudden outburst of emotion.
00:34:43.71\00:34:46.75
Anger means a fixed,
controlled or settled anger.
00:34:46.78\00:34:52.62
So Paul is saying,
00:34:52.65\00:34:53.99
don't rush out with
what you're going to say
00:34:54.02\00:34:55.86
and neither hold on
to that anger either.
00:34:55.89\00:34:58.36
Both are wrong.
00:34:58.39\00:34:59.73
Verse 32, "Be
kind to one another,
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.96
tender hearted,
forgiving one another,
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.20
even as God in
Christ forgave you.
00:35:05.23\00:35:08.74
How often we judge
people and speak hurtful words,
00:35:08.77\00:35:11.71
but instead we are
called to reach out to listen,
00:35:11.74\00:35:15.38
to think, to practice
honesty, react in love, and act,
00:35:15.41\00:35:19.31
let your actions
follow your words.
00:35:19.35\00:35:22.15
Praise the Lord.
00:35:22.18\00:35:23.52
Man, I was
challenged on several of those.
00:35:23.55\00:35:25.85
Me too.
00:35:25.89\00:35:27.22
I don't know
about anybody else here.
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.62
But I think honesty
is, you know, it's good.
00:35:28.66\00:35:30.23
It's for the sole part,
'cause honesty and to love is,
00:35:30.26\00:35:33.50
the word sometimes very
00:35:33.53\00:35:34.86
is challenging
to us as Christians
00:35:34.90\00:35:36.97
and when I get
challenged with the word,
00:35:37.00\00:35:39.13
I know, I need to
get back in the word
00:35:39.17\00:35:40.77
and I need grace and strength
to gain a victory in that area.
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.91
So thank you
for presenting that.
00:35:43.94\00:35:45.44
We're going to let Wednesday's,
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.81
Wednesday's lessons are good.
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.18
It can go a lot of
different directions.
00:35:48.21\00:35:49.68
But you know, we're
looking at the role of parents.
00:35:49.71\00:35:52.31
And so it's been mentioned,
00:35:52.35\00:35:54.38
the role of parents
is so very important.
00:35:54.42\00:35:56.35
We're going to look
00:35:56.38\00:35:57.72
at the three powerful scriptures
00:35:57.75\00:35:59.09
to consider.
00:35:59.12\00:36:00.46
Number one is considering,
it deals with the father,
00:36:00.49\00:36:02.96
number two, it
deals with the mother.
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.79
And then it combines,
00:36:04.83\00:36:06.16
the third one combines
mothers and fathers together.
00:36:06.19\00:36:08.40
I think that's very good
00:36:08.43\00:36:09.76
that we look at
these things in here
00:36:09.80\00:36:11.13
because Ephesians
6:4, to start with here,
00:36:11.17\00:36:14.10
it says, and you fathers.
00:36:14.14\00:36:15.47
Now listen, I've read this
many times when I was younger,
00:36:15.50\00:36:17.54
I don't know if I understand
it all now, but part of it,
00:36:17.57\00:36:21.41
but I'm excited to
learn more about it.
00:36:21.44\00:36:23.21
Because I think I
understand a little bit better
00:36:23.24\00:36:24.58
after studying this.
00:36:24.61\00:36:25.95
"And you fathers
provoke not your children,"
00:36:25.98\00:36:27.48
Ephesians 6:4, to what?
00:36:27.52\00:36:29.52
"To wrath,
00:36:29.55\00:36:30.89
but bring them up in the nurture
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.35
and the admonition of the Lord."
00:36:32.39\00:36:33.92
Part of it, you
understand, pretty easy.
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.29
And next part,
you're saying, hmm,
00:36:35.32\00:36:36.66
how do you know provoke
not your children to wrath.
00:36:36.69\00:36:40.06
Sometime I know
when I got corrected,
00:36:40.10\00:36:41.83
I was a little bit
hot around the collar
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.26
when I got what
was coming to me.
00:36:43.30\00:36:45.43
Maybe the rest of you
didn't realize, you know,
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.07
when you got, we
thought, well, we deserve this.
00:36:47.10\00:36:49.54
Listen, according to Scripture,
00:36:49.57\00:36:50.91
the father is the
head of the family.
00:36:50.94\00:36:52.27
We read it over
and over and over.
00:36:52.31\00:36:53.64
So let's look at the father.
00:36:53.68\00:36:55.01
I've heard many times say
the father is the house-band.
00:36:55.04\00:36:58.21
The husband, house-band
00:36:58.25\00:36:59.58
we realize
they're supposed to hold
00:36:59.61\00:37:00.95
everything together.
00:37:00.98\00:37:02.32
And you know, bless your heart,
00:37:02.35\00:37:03.92
if you have a home
00:37:03.95\00:37:05.72
where dad's just
not with the program,
00:37:05.75\00:37:08.39
if he's not accepted
Christ as Lord and Savior,
00:37:08.42\00:37:10.76
bless your heart,
mama, and you have children,
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.49
it makes it
pretty rough in the home,
00:37:12.53\00:37:14.30
you know, need a lot of prayer.
00:37:14.33\00:37:15.86
And again, mother has
to take the responsibility
00:37:15.90\00:37:18.43
that dad should be doing here.
00:37:18.47\00:37:20.34
But you know,
00:37:20.37\00:37:21.70
if father is strong in the Lord,
00:37:21.74\00:37:23.97
the family is going
to be strong in the Lord,
00:37:24.01\00:37:26.31
the children are going
to be strong in the Lord.
00:37:26.34\00:37:29.34
But if the father is,
we just say weak, Lord,
00:37:29.38\00:37:32.91
it's going to
affect everything he does,
00:37:32.95\00:37:34.78
there's going to be consequences
00:37:34.82\00:37:36.92
that's going to happen in life.
00:37:36.95\00:37:38.75
Now, what does
it mean when it says
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.19
fathers provoke not
your children to wrath?
00:37:40.22\00:37:45.29
Well, to me when you
think of fathers, and it was,
00:37:45.33\00:37:47.33
when I was growing up,
00:37:47.36\00:37:48.70
fathers were usually
linked with discipline.
00:37:48.73\00:37:51.53
You know, you've
heard a lot of time you say,
00:37:51.57\00:37:53.07
Father, and you think
about somebody need discipline,
00:37:53.10\00:37:55.37
it's going to be the
father's going to do it.
00:37:55.40\00:37:57.17
Now, this was not
always the case in my home
00:37:57.21\00:38:01.04
when I grew up, right?
00:38:01.08\00:38:02.41
It was not always the case,
00:38:02.44\00:38:03.78
because sometimes my
mom took care of things.
00:38:03.81\00:38:05.61
Mom would take, we say,
matters into her own hands.
00:38:05.65\00:38:08.72
And she would deal
with the issue right then
00:38:08.75\00:38:10.49
and right there.
00:38:10.52\00:38:11.95
And then, you know,
I've heard said many times,
00:38:11.99\00:38:14.92
just wait till
your father gets home.
00:38:14.96\00:38:17.49
Any of you ever heard that?
00:38:17.53\00:38:18.99
My, I start to tremble.
00:38:19.03\00:38:20.36
Wait till your father gets home.
00:38:20.40\00:38:21.76
Man, she'd already you know,
00:38:21.80\00:38:23.37
I think when she
gave the punishment
00:38:23.40\00:38:24.83
sometimes it just didn't have
its intended effect, I guess.
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.24
And when your father gets
home, you're going to see,
00:38:28.27\00:38:30.71
well, you got to lower
it a little more harder
00:38:30.74\00:38:32.34
for mother to so you know that,
00:38:32.37\00:38:34.34
you know, wait till
your father gets home,
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.38
he's going to
show you how this...
00:38:36.41\00:38:37.81
You're going to see.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
I heard that a lot of times.
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.62
And again, is
that's not necessarily
00:38:40.65\00:38:42.28
the way that we
want to be corrected.
00:38:42.32\00:38:43.65
But you know what?
00:38:43.69\00:38:45.02
It happens in
millions and millions of homes
00:38:45.05\00:38:46.65
and to act like it doesn't
00:38:46.69\00:38:48.12
it's not to really
look at what's going on
00:38:48.16\00:38:49.92
in the world today.
00:38:49.96\00:38:51.76
There needs to
be, at least to me,
00:38:51.79\00:38:53.80
I'm still
learning a good balance,
00:38:53.83\00:38:55.76
good balance in the home.
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.33
Dad sometime can be a
little bit over the top
00:38:57.37\00:39:00.57
and sometime
mothers can be a little bit
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.44
under a little bit
lacks, we know that.
00:39:02.47\00:39:05.17
But in Colossians
3:21 tells us, now again,
00:39:05.21\00:39:10.18
why don't provoke
your children to wrath.
00:39:10.21\00:39:13.52
And Colossians 3:21
tells us why, it simply says,
00:39:13.55\00:39:16.89
"Lest they be," what?
00:39:16.92\00:39:18.59
"Discourage." Be careful.
00:39:18.62\00:39:20.42
It can be very discouraging
sometimes parental authority,
00:39:20.46\00:39:24.29
again, the role of
parents we're looking at here.
00:39:24.33\00:39:26.16
Parental authority is a,
00:39:26.19\00:39:27.90
sometimes it's a
little bit unjust,
00:39:27.93\00:39:29.56
it seems and
sometimes we as parents
00:39:29.60\00:39:31.80
didn't handle it
quite in the right way.
00:39:31.83\00:39:34.34
Sometimes it's irritating
00:39:34.37\00:39:35.70
even to the child and sometimes,
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.84
can I use the word brutal,
00:39:37.87\00:39:39.21
sometimes it's a
little bit brutal.
00:39:39.24\00:39:41.14
And sometimes it's just
like it goes to the point
00:39:41.18\00:39:43.45
where it's even abuse sometime.
00:39:43.48\00:39:45.55
And so this may be agitates
the child in some way here
00:39:45.58\00:39:48.68
so we need to be careful.
00:39:48.72\00:39:50.35
And we can be sure of this.
00:39:50.39\00:39:51.89
If we handle it outside
of the way the Scripture
00:39:51.92\00:39:54.86
has lined it out for us here,
00:39:54.89\00:39:57.06
it will come back to backfire.
00:39:57.09\00:39:59.83
It will backfire.
00:39:59.86\00:40:01.20
Yeah, you might get
00:40:01.23\00:40:03.06
what you're
asking the child to do.
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.20
But you know what?
They won't forget that.
00:40:05.23\00:40:07.77
And sometimes we
ask them to do things
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.14
that were they
don't think they should.
00:40:09.17\00:40:10.51
But there's a right
way certainly which we do,
00:40:10.54\00:40:12.41
it's going to cost in many ways.
00:40:12.44\00:40:14.34
We long to
bring up our children,
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.21
I like it in the
nurture and what?
00:40:16.24\00:40:18.51
And the admonition of the Lord.
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.98
That means, you know, in
discipline and instruction,
00:40:21.02\00:40:25.25
so I like
discipline and instruction.
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.96
That's the way Jesus
said, He's bringing us up
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.62
and we should
bring our children up.
00:40:28.66\00:40:30.99
Christ instructed
in the Garden of Eden.
00:40:31.03\00:40:34.26
Christ
instructed, God instructed,
00:40:34.30\00:40:36.67
and also discipline.
00:40:36.70\00:40:39.00
None of us like
to be disciplined.
00:40:39.03\00:40:40.37
None of us liked to be
told that we did something wrong
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.84
and wait till
your dad gets home,
00:40:42.87\00:40:44.61
you'll see, none of
us want to hear that.
00:40:44.64\00:40:48.18
But Jesus said, you
know, was it Revelation 3:19,
00:40:48.21\00:40:51.48
as many as I
love, what happened?
00:40:51.51\00:40:53.95
I rebuke and chasten
00:40:53.98\00:40:55.32
so, you know, and
he's doing it, why?
00:40:55.35\00:40:58.15
I think the
difference in some time mine
00:40:58.19\00:40:59.72
when I was
younger, and so on is Jesus,
00:40:59.75\00:41:02.99
Jesus want to do
it in a way to win us.
00:41:03.02\00:41:04.99
Amen.
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.49
And I think sometime I did it
00:41:06.53\00:41:08.23
because I said, I want it
done this way and it wasn't.
00:41:08.26\00:41:11.77
And sometimes you don't conduct
yourself in the right way.
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.80
When I learned to conduct myself
00:41:14.84\00:41:16.17
in the right way,
maybe in years down the road.
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.51
But I realized
00:41:18.54\00:41:19.87
until I was able
to pray with them,
00:41:19.91\00:41:23.21
be able to take
hold of their hand,
00:41:23.24\00:41:24.58
even though
you're going to give him
00:41:24.61\00:41:25.95
a little spanking
when they got done.
00:41:25.98\00:41:27.98
You got to hold their
hand, you knelt and you prayed,
00:41:28.02\00:41:29.75
and you tell them,
00:41:29.78\00:41:31.12
and you told the Lord
how much you love them.
00:41:31.15\00:41:33.59
But they know they
did the wrong thing
00:41:33.62\00:41:35.19
and they knew
this was going to be
00:41:35.22\00:41:36.73
the punishment with it.
00:41:36.76\00:41:38.39
And then you gave
them a nice big hug,
00:41:38.43\00:41:40.83
and told them you
love them and you got up
00:41:40.86\00:41:42.43
and you corrected them.
00:41:42.46\00:41:44.07
I had to follow
through with that.
00:41:44.10\00:41:45.43
And that's, you know
what, that's hurtful.
00:41:45.47\00:41:46.97
That's where it comes
into where my dad said to me,
00:41:47.00\00:41:49.30
"This is going to hurt
me worse than it did you."
00:41:49.34\00:41:51.57
I never believed
that but I do now.
00:41:51.61\00:41:53.38
Sometimes as parents
you don't want to do that.
00:41:53.41\00:41:55.28
You don't want to do that,
00:41:55.31\00:41:56.64
well, wait till
your dad gets home.
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.01
I just bring that up
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.38
'cause many time
that I was gone all day
00:41:59.41\00:42:00.75
and when you see
the children come home
00:42:00.78\00:42:02.12
and you see the
one little outside,
00:42:02.15\00:42:04.02
running around,
running around daddy's home,
00:42:04.05\00:42:06.09
daddy's home, daddy's home.
00:42:06.12\00:42:08.22
First thing mama
comes out and says
00:42:08.26\00:42:09.69
he got a whipping in school.
00:42:09.72\00:42:11.06
So you know the rules.
You got to whip him now.
00:42:11.09\00:42:13.29
Man, I didn't want to hear that.
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.13
He was so happy to see
daddy, you know what I'm saying,
00:42:15.16\00:42:16.97
so there's things that we
need the admonition of the Lord.
00:42:17.00\00:42:20.24
And admonition here
simply is to put in the mind.
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.27
So what we're
reading in Scripture,
00:42:23.30\00:42:24.64
God wants us as parents,
00:42:24.67\00:42:26.88
to put in the mind of
the children warnings,
00:42:26.91\00:42:30.65
and notice, and
reprove the child's mind.
00:42:30.68\00:42:33.08
There's a place for warnings.
00:42:33.11\00:42:36.15
And that's when
they're doing well
00:42:36.18\00:42:37.75
and it's when
they're not doing so well.
00:42:37.79\00:42:39.95
We need these warnings.
00:42:39.99\00:42:41.32
I know that I do from Scripture,
00:42:41.36\00:42:42.69
and I praise God for that.
00:42:42.72\00:42:44.06
Second text Proverbs 31:10.
00:42:44.09\00:42:46.70
Proverbs 31:10 says this,
00:42:46.73\00:42:48.30
I'm gonna skip
over quite quickly
00:42:48.33\00:42:49.66
because you can,
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.03
"Who can find a virtuous," what?
00:42:51.07\00:42:52.67
"A wife, for her
worth is far above rubies."
00:42:52.70\00:42:56.67
So we're skipping through
00:42:56.71\00:42:58.04
because we have
few minutes left.
00:42:58.07\00:42:59.41
Mothers seem to have
the most important role
00:42:59.44\00:43:02.01
in the home.
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.38
Really.
00:43:03.41\00:43:04.75
And the saying is
very true as you well know,
00:43:04.78\00:43:06.11
if mama's not happy...
00:43:06.15\00:43:07.85
There ain't nobody's
happy. Can I say that?
00:43:07.88\00:43:09.25
There ain't nobody happy.
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.35
They're just not happy.
00:43:11.39\00:43:12.72
Mama makes a
difference more than dad,
00:43:12.75\00:43:14.66
I'm just telling
you, when she's happy,
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.29
everybody's happy, you know.
00:43:16.32\00:43:18.26
And so her influence I
think is so, so very important,
00:43:18.29\00:43:22.30
her character,
the way she responds,
00:43:22.33\00:43:24.97
the way she deals with,
00:43:25.00\00:43:26.67
sets the whole stage
for the role of the parents
00:43:26.70\00:43:30.44
and, you know, we
look at virtuous woman
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.51
simply means a woman.
00:43:32.54\00:43:34.34
I want to say this in right way,
00:43:34.38\00:43:35.71
a woman of power.
00:43:35.74\00:43:38.05
The home needs a woman of power
00:43:38.08\00:43:40.42
and we're not talking
about overbearing power,
00:43:40.45\00:43:43.99
but we're talking
about strong and vigorous
00:43:44.02\00:43:46.42
and excellent
qualities and good character.
00:43:46.45\00:43:50.76
Third text we want to get
into Deuteronomy Chapter 6,
00:43:50.79\00:43:53.03
this is one's really
everybody should be reading.
00:43:53.06\00:43:55.46
God's teaching us
that we need to do
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.40
three words as what,
00:43:57.43\00:43:58.77
teach them in
the morning, right?
00:43:58.80\00:44:00.30
Teach them at noon,
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.67
and teach them in the evening
we need to be doing that.
00:44:01.70\00:44:04.27
I kind of like it the
way one guy said it one time,
00:44:04.31\00:44:06.51
he explained
about how we as parents
00:44:06.54\00:44:08.04
what we need to do.
00:44:08.08\00:44:09.41
And again, read
Deuteronomy Chapter 6
00:44:09.44\00:44:10.81
and several verses,
that's just so, so good,
00:44:10.85\00:44:13.08
you know, walking
away when you lie down,
00:44:13.11\00:44:14.62
when you get up, when you go out
00:44:14.65\00:44:15.98
and so on and so forth.
00:44:16.02\00:44:17.59
And so, our obligation
that we have to our children,
00:44:17.62\00:44:20.69
obligation that we have
to God is to teach them,
00:44:20.72\00:44:23.86
bring them up in the
admonition the teachings
00:44:23.89\00:44:25.93
and the warnings
of the Word of God,
00:44:25.96\00:44:27.53
which had been
brought out in these lessons.
00:44:27.56\00:44:29.46
And you know, again I look back
at myself about younger age,
00:44:29.50\00:44:32.93
you know, I totally
seemed like ignored the word.
00:44:32.97\00:44:36.74
Didn't really mean to,
but sometime you got hot.
00:44:36.77\00:44:40.74
Is anybody with me?
00:44:40.78\00:44:42.41
When the situation was
there, we got a little too hot.
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.61
And if you're a little too
hot, mom and dad, sit down,
00:44:44.65\00:44:46.78
cool down, pray about first
00:44:46.82\00:44:48.15
and then go ahead and
do what you need to do.
00:44:48.18\00:44:49.52
But anyway, I like
the role of parents here.
00:44:49.55\00:44:51.69
When one man said
this one time, he said,
00:44:51.72\00:44:53.76
here's what you do.
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.12
Here's what you do as a parent
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.49
and this is what you
do with your children.
00:44:56.52\00:44:58.43
He says, "What I need to do?"
00:44:58.46\00:44:59.79
He said, "I, you turn
the Word of God on its side."
00:44:59.83\00:45:04.53
You've heard that?
00:45:04.57\00:45:05.90
Turn the Word
of God on its side.
00:45:05.93\00:45:07.94
And then what you
do is you take it,
00:45:07.97\00:45:09.80
and you turn it
on the other side.
00:45:09.84\00:45:14.81
And that way it gets done.
00:45:14.84\00:45:16.28
Did you get it?
00:45:16.31\00:45:17.65
Take the Word of
God, turn one side
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.01
and then you take a turn
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.38
just like you do at
home when you're cooking,
00:45:20.42\00:45:21.75
and so on and so forth.
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.12
Good admonition
in the Word of God,
00:45:23.15\00:45:24.49
take it serious.
00:45:24.52\00:45:25.85
Amen. Amen and amen.
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.22
Well, I have
Thursday, "Lest Ye Forget."
00:45:27.26\00:45:29.86
And we are going to
get into Deuteronomy 6.
00:45:29.89\00:45:33.26
So if you have your Bibles open,
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.13
let's look at Deuteronomy 6.
00:45:35.16\00:45:38.63
The great thrust
of Deuteronomy 6:12.
00:45:38.67\00:45:45.14
And it says,
00:45:45.17\00:45:46.51
"Beware lest ye forget the Lord
00:45:46.54\00:45:50.48
who brought you out
of the land of Egypt,
00:45:50.51\00:45:54.28
from the house of bondage."
00:45:54.32\00:45:56.99
So what is Moses saying?
00:45:57.02\00:45:59.42
He said, "Don't
forget, God is your Deliverer,
00:45:59.45\00:46:03.26
God is your Redeemer.
00:46:03.29\00:46:06.09
The title Deuteronomy
00:46:06.13\00:46:10.23
actually means the
second giving of the law,
00:46:10.27\00:46:13.17
it's an English title.
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.97
And it's taken
00:46:15.00\00:46:16.34
when the Old Testament
was translated into Greek,
00:46:16.37\00:46:20.38
we call that the Septuagint.
00:46:20.41\00:46:22.58
They took that
Greek title, and gave it,
00:46:22.61\00:46:26.01
the English is Deuteronomy.
00:46:26.05\00:46:28.72
So it's essentially,
Moses' last will and testament.
00:46:28.75\00:46:33.66
What he is doing,
00:46:33.69\00:46:35.59
you remember when he
wrote the book of the law
00:46:35.62\00:46:38.03
up on the mountain,
00:46:38.06\00:46:39.46
God wrote the Ten Commandments,
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.56
but then He recited
or dictated to Moses,
00:46:41.60\00:46:47.04
as Moses wrote
the book of the law.
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.77
They are the
book of the covenant.
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.64
Deuteronomy is
called the book of the law.
00:46:51.67\00:46:54.18
So what He's doing here,
00:46:54.21\00:46:55.54
they're standing at
the edge of promise.
00:46:55.58\00:46:58.28
And Moses knows he can't enter.
00:46:58.31\00:47:01.62
So he's telling
them all over again,
00:47:01.65\00:47:03.89
he's recounting
the wonderful ways
00:47:03.92\00:47:06.99
that God led them.
00:47:07.02\00:47:08.36
He's recounting the
grace of the covenant,
00:47:08.39\00:47:11.83
and God's all sufficiency,
00:47:11.86\00:47:14.16
the way of hope
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.13
being obedience is a
pathway to God's blessings.
00:47:16.16\00:47:19.93
So what you find
in Deuteronomy 6,
00:47:19.97\00:47:22.84
these are Christian principles
00:47:22.87\00:47:25.37
that need to be
taught to our children
00:47:25.41\00:47:27.41
or to anybody that
doesn't know the Lord.
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.18
And let's look at verse
2, Deuteronomy 6:2, he says,
00:47:29.21\00:47:34.35
"That you may fear
the Lord your God."
00:47:34.38\00:47:37.89
Well, why would we have
to fear a God who is love.
00:47:37.92\00:47:43.63
You have to
understand this word fear.
00:47:43.66\00:47:46.90
It means that we stand
in awe of the glory of God.
00:47:46.93\00:47:53.60
We look at His perfect character
00:47:53.64\00:47:57.37
of love and power.
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.87
And to fear the Lord
00:47:59.91\00:48:02.58
means that when we
understand that character,
00:48:02.61\00:48:07.98
and we stand in
awe of who he is,
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.99
it elicits a
response of obedience.
00:48:11.02\00:48:16.06
And so he says,
00:48:16.09\00:48:18.69
"Fear the Lord to
keep all of his statutes
00:48:18.73\00:48:22.10
and his commandments
which I command you,
00:48:22.13\00:48:24.47
you and your son
and your grandson
00:48:24.50\00:48:26.63
all the days of
your life," what?
00:48:26.67\00:48:30.14
"That your life may or
your days may be prolong."
00:48:30.17\00:48:35.84
So as we keep His commandments,
00:48:35.88\00:48:38.18
that is the pathway to blessing
that the life can be prolonged.
00:48:38.21\00:48:42.85
Now let's look at verse 4 and 5,
00:48:42.88\00:48:45.92
Deuteronomy 6:4-5,
is called in the Hebrew,
00:48:45.95\00:48:50.23
the Shema, and that means hear,
00:48:50.26\00:48:55.16
the word H-E-A-R, hear, Shema,
00:48:55.20\00:48:59.33
"Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God,
00:48:59.37\00:49:02.10
the Lord is one.
00:49:02.14\00:49:05.71
You shall love the Lord your God
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.61
with all your heart,
00:49:07.64\00:49:08.98
with all your soul,
with all your strength."
00:49:09.01\00:49:11.81
Now, this is interesting.
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.78
This is a concise,
monotheistic statement,
00:49:13.82\00:49:17.95
the Lord is one.
00:49:17.99\00:49:19.55
But the word one there
doesn't mean singleness.
00:49:19.59\00:49:24.19
Right. It's the word for unity.
00:49:24.23\00:49:26.53
Like in Genesis
2:24, when he said,
00:49:26.56\00:49:30.43
that the man and the woman
00:49:30.47\00:49:32.83
shall be one as
husband and wife,
00:49:32.87\00:49:35.40
or when Jesus
said in John 17:22,
00:49:35.44\00:49:38.11
"Oh, Lord, let them be
one like you and I are one."
00:49:38.14\00:49:41.38
So this is the same
thing that God or Jesus,
00:49:41.41\00:49:46.48
when He was asked,
00:49:46.51\00:49:48.02
what's the most
important commandment.
00:49:48.05\00:49:50.19
Was he doing quotes
this, "Hear O Israel,
00:49:50.22\00:49:52.22
the Lord our God is one,
00:49:52.25\00:49:53.59
you should love the Lord
with all your heart, soul,
00:49:53.62\00:49:55.99
mind and strength
00:49:56.02\00:49:57.36
and you shall love
your neighbor as yourself
00:49:57.39\00:49:59.03
because" Romans 13:10 says,
00:49:59.06\00:50:01.46
"love is the
fulfillment of the law."
00:50:01.50\00:50:07.10
Jesus said, "There's no
greater commandment than this."
00:50:07.14\00:50:10.01
Now let me say something.
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.21
Love cannot be coerced.
00:50:12.24\00:50:14.88
Love cannot be forced.
00:50:14.91\00:50:17.81
It cannot be compelled.
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.95
Love is a choice.
00:50:19.98\00:50:21.68
Love is free will.
00:50:21.72\00:50:23.05
You were talking
about a strong husband,
00:50:23.08\00:50:26.05
a father that's
strong in the Lord, not weak.
00:50:26.09\00:50:29.96
He's not talking about a father
00:50:29.99\00:50:32.29
that's constantly berating
his children and saying,
00:50:32.33\00:50:35.86
strong in the Lord
is to be strong in love,
00:50:35.90\00:50:39.50
to know the love of the Lord.
00:50:39.53\00:50:40.97
And I'm going to
tell you something.
00:50:41.00\00:50:43.04
If you don't understand
00:50:43.07\00:50:47.81
the character of God yourself,
00:50:47.84\00:50:50.75
get in the Word and study it
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.48
before you try to
teach your children.
00:50:52.51\00:50:54.62
I grew up fearing the Father.
00:50:54.65\00:50:57.09
I knew that Jesus
loved me and died for me.
00:50:57.12\00:51:00.12
But all I knew about the Father,
00:51:00.16\00:51:01.92
I thought He
was just watching me
00:51:01.96\00:51:03.66
ready to zap me
anytime I made a mistake.
00:51:03.69\00:51:06.83
And I was telling, Kenny,
when we first sat down here,
00:51:06.86\00:51:09.96
I remember in college,
00:51:10.00\00:51:11.67
I was such a good girl
all through high school,
00:51:11.70\00:51:15.04
first two years of college.
00:51:15.07\00:51:16.74
But then I became frustrated
00:51:16.77\00:51:20.91
and I remember shaking my fist
00:51:20.94\00:51:22.84
in the face of
the Lord and saying,
00:51:22.88\00:51:25.21
"I can't please You, "
00:51:25.25\00:51:26.92
and I walked in
the other direction.
00:51:26.95\00:51:29.12
He chased me down with His love
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.85
but we've got to
00:51:31.89\00:51:33.76
when you are
teaching your children,
00:51:33.79\00:51:36.83
we've got to be
teaching them God is love.
00:51:36.86\00:51:39.43
Deuteronomy 6:6-7, He says,
00:51:39.46\00:51:42.26
"These are words
which I command you today
00:51:42.30\00:51:44.93
shall be in your heart,
00:51:44.97\00:51:46.30
you shall teach them
diligently to your children,
00:51:46.33\00:51:49.97
you shall talk of them
00:51:50.01\00:51:51.57
when you're
sitting in your house,
00:51:51.61\00:51:53.41
when you walk by the way,
00:51:53.44\00:51:54.78
when you lie
down, when you rise up,
00:51:54.81\00:51:56.85
teach them diligently."
00:51:56.88\00:51:58.91
We all learn through repetition.
00:51:58.95\00:52:01.32
You can't just hear
it once and remember it.
00:52:01.35\00:52:04.59
So when you're sitting
down, when you're at rest,
00:52:04.62\00:52:07.32
when you're
walking, when you're active,
00:52:07.36\00:52:09.69
when you lie down at nighttime,
when you get up in the daytime,
00:52:09.72\00:52:13.73
it is an intention novelty
00:52:13.76\00:52:17.00
that you are repeating the
focus of the word teaching.
00:52:17.03\00:52:23.24
Make God the subject
of your conversation.
00:52:23.27\00:52:26.78
Teach your
children how to integrate
00:52:26.81\00:52:29.71
the teachings of the
Bible into their everyday life.
00:52:29.74\00:52:33.42
Make this something
00:52:33.45\00:52:34.78
that God is part of
your everyday action.
00:52:34.82\00:52:38.52
Teach your children the
constant presence of God
00:52:38.55\00:52:42.36
that He's right there with them,
00:52:42.39\00:52:44.63
teach them
constant devotion to God.
00:52:44.66\00:52:48.36
And I just want to say this,
00:52:48.40\00:52:50.67
a wholehearted
commitment of love.
00:52:50.70\00:52:53.50
If you want your kids to obey,
00:52:53.54\00:52:57.61
you need to teach
them to love the Lord.
00:52:57.64\00:52:59.67
Jesus said, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
00:52:59.71\00:53:04.98
Obedience is not legalism.
00:53:05.01\00:53:08.38
Obedience is love.
00:53:08.42\00:53:11.42
And when you want your children,
00:53:11.45\00:53:14.72
the more they
respect you as a parent,
00:53:14.76\00:53:17.33
the more they
understand how you love
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.53
and have only their
best in mind for them.
00:53:20.56\00:53:24.07
That's when you have a child
who's obeying from their heart.
00:53:24.10\00:53:28.37
And this is the
same thing with the Lord.
00:53:28.40\00:53:32.14
He says in Deuteronomy 6:18,
00:53:32.17\00:53:35.01
"You shall do
what is right and good
00:53:35.04\00:53:37.35
in the sight of the Lord
00:53:37.38\00:53:38.71
that it may be
well with you it is."
00:53:38.75\00:53:40.82
You know, God does have
clearly defined boundaries.
00:53:40.85\00:53:43.89
You talked about
boundaries in the last program.
00:53:43.92\00:53:46.69
But his boundaries
00:53:46.72\00:53:48.06
are to keep us
on the path of life,
00:53:48.09\00:53:50.86
so that we
experience an abundant life now
00:53:50.89\00:53:53.66
and that we avoid
the consequences of sin.
00:53:53.70\00:53:58.50
But if you have an incorrect
or incomplete understanding
00:53:58.53\00:54:03.27
of God's character,
00:54:03.30\00:54:04.87
you're going to have kids
00:54:04.91\00:54:06.24
that are
obeying out of legalism.
00:54:06.27\00:54:08.61
And guess what?
00:54:08.64\00:54:09.98
Rules without relationship
result in rebellion.
00:54:10.01\00:54:12.78
They're going to end up
stirring against the yoke.
00:54:12.81\00:54:17.65
Deuteronomy 6:24,
00:54:17.69\00:54:19.89
"The Lord commanded us
to observe all these things
00:54:19.92\00:54:22.79
for our good always
00:54:22.82\00:54:24.16
they might
preserve us the light,
00:54:24.19\00:54:26.36
then it will be
righteousness for us,
00:54:26.39\00:54:31.07
if we're careful to observe
all that God has commanded."
00:54:31.10\00:54:34.97
You know, you want your children
00:54:35.00\00:54:37.27
to understand
righteousness by faith,
00:54:37.31\00:54:39.51
that is so important
00:54:39.54\00:54:40.91
that they can never be perfect,
and it's not, it's Christ,
00:54:40.94\00:54:45.58
the grace of the
covenant relationship,
00:54:45.61\00:54:47.78
but at the same time,
00:54:47.82\00:54:50.19
teach them to
practice righteousness.
00:54:50.22\00:54:52.19
1 John 3:7 says,
00:54:52.22\00:54:53.99
"Little children,
let no one deceive you.
00:54:54.02\00:54:56.96
He who practices
righteousness is righteous,
00:54:56.99\00:55:01.73
just as he is righteous."
00:55:01.76\00:55:03.70
So, teach your
children not to forget
00:55:03.73\00:55:07.14
all that God has done for
them, that He is their Redeemer,
00:55:07.17\00:55:11.34
that He is the
source of their existence,
00:55:11.37\00:55:15.04
and that He is their Sustainer,
00:55:15.08\00:55:17.08
even to the point that God says,
00:55:17.11\00:55:20.05
I'm the one who
will sanctify you.
00:55:20.08\00:55:23.18
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:55:23.22\00:55:24.65
That's right. That
was good. That was good.
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.32
You said something
that I would like to tweet
00:55:26.35\00:55:29.49
or post today.
00:55:29.52\00:55:30.86
I'll say that in
just a few moments.
00:55:30.89\00:55:32.23
But let's get
some final thoughts.
00:55:32.26\00:55:33.60
Okay.
00:55:33.63\00:55:34.96
Well, I just think that
we really need to take on
00:55:35.00\00:55:38.13
the life of
Christ from His childhood
00:55:38.17\00:55:40.47
to all the way
through His ministry,
00:55:40.50\00:55:43.57
we need to take on
the life of Christ,
00:55:43.61\00:55:46.04
and live for God
00:55:46.07\00:55:47.71
and be about our
Father's business.
00:55:47.74\00:55:49.54
Amen.
00:55:49.58\00:55:50.95
Colossians 4:6,
00:55:50.98\00:55:52.35
"Let your speech
always be with grace,
00:55:52.38\00:55:55.68
seasoned with
salt that you may know
00:55:55.72\00:55:57.59
how you ought to
answer everyone."
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And you might be saying,
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but I don't
communicate with all those do's,
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and I'm afraid I do
a lot of those don'ts.
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Go before the Lord Jesus Christ.
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He is the one who
changes our thoughts,
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our minds, and our words.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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You know, the most
powerful, powerful witness
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for the role of parents,
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it's what Sister
Shelley just brought
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with Deuteronomy Chapter
6, and we follow God's Word.
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And we see what God will do
in our home, with our family,
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with our children.
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You know, where
there's life, there's hope.
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Don't get discouraged. Amen.
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I would just say
that being a parent
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is the highest
calling to ministry there is
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and it's a full-time ministry.
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But the most
important thing you can do
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is to teach your children
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to have an
intimate love relationship
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with a loved one
who loves him so much
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He came to earth,
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became a man and died for them.
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So teach your children
that obedience is not legalism.
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Obedience is love. That's right.
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Praise the Lord, The
Family, what a powerful lesson.
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This quote here,
I didn't get to read
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on my particular day,
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but I think it kind
of sums up everything
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that we've been talking about,
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comes from
Education, page 20 and it says,
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"The system of education
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instituted at the
beginning of the world
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was to be a model for man
throughout all after time.
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As an
illustration of its principles,
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a model school was
established in Eden,
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the home of our first parents."
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And so, hey, it's all
about that home education.
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Listen, hey, get this click.
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If you want to post
something on Facebook
00:57:33.75\00:57:35.58
or tweet
something worth sharing,
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right now I'm going to
quote Miss Shelley Quinn
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and I think is the
statement of the day.
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When you are
running away from the Lord,
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God will chase you
down with His love.
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I like that.
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When you're running in
the opposite direction,
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God will chase you
down with His love.
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Praise the Lord.
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Thank you so much
for joining us this week
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on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Next week, got to come back.
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We're talking about
the law as a teacher.
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God bless. See you next week.
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